Improved washing-machine



i divided tate MARTIN R. LEMMAN, OF WESSON, MISSISSIPPI.

Letters Patent No. 86,236, dated Janna/ry 26, 1869.

IMPROVED WASHING-MACHINE.

The Schedule referred 'to in these Letters Patent and making partofi-.heA same,

To all whom it aua/y concern v Be it known that I, MARTIN R. LEMMAN, ofWesson, in the county of Oopiah, and State of Mississippi, have inventeda new and improved Washing and Rinsing- Machine; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same,reference being Vhad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of myimproved washing and rinsing-machine.

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse section ofthe same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a new washing-machine, in which the clothes tobe washed are not in the least injnred, and in which they are welltossed and agitated, so as to be quickly washed.

The invention consists of an endless Slat-band, suspended from a rollerwhich is hung eccentrically, so that the clothes which are placed intothe band are well turned and tossed, not only by the eccentric Inotionof the roller, but also-by the slats, which are of differentthicknesses.

The lower part of the band is immersed in suds, so that the clothes willalso be steeped therein.

A represents a suds-box, of suitable size and form.

-From it project two upright posts, B B, in which are the bearings of aneccentric-roller, C, that can be turned by means of a crank-handle, a,shown in fig. l.

Around the roller C is laid, and from it is suspended, an endlessslatbe1t, D, which consists of a series of horizontal slats, b b, thatare connected by bands or belts c c.

The lower end of the slat-belt hangs into the sudsbox, and is immersedin suds contained therein.

The roller C has teeth, fl d, by means of which it turns the belt.

The clothes to be washed are placed into the belt tion to the roller, soas to constantly change the -position of the articles in the carrier I).

In this 'machine the clothes are quickly washed, and not in the leastinjured,

I am aware that rubbing and vertically-reciprocating motions have beenaccomplished by means of a pivoted lever, and this I do not claim, butconfine myself to the method described for producing these motions, thatis to say- I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters PatentiProducing thel rubbing and vertically-reciprocating motionsimultaneously, by means of the eccentrica-Hypivoted disk C and theendless apron D, provided with the rubbing-slats, as herein shown anddescribed.

MARTIN It. LEMMAN.

Witnesses L. R. REDDING, L. G. HUDNGTT.

